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This is the season of Christmas, Chanukah and the New Year, for celebrating the power of light over darkness. Every day is now moving inexorably closer toward the light. We count on it. We’ve heard it said many, many times, that light conquers darkness. One little matchstick is able to bring light to a pitch-dark […]
My message today is meant to be personal. I may not know you as an acquaintance or a friend, but at some level I do know you, and at some level you know me. Sure, there are things we’ll never know about each other, but there are also things that link all of us together, […]
What do you know? You likely have knowledge and/or skills that others can benefit from. A dentist knows how to repair our ever-decaying teeth. A painter knows how to cover fading walls and brighten our lives. Professional basketball players know how to shoot, rebound and play tough defense. Comedians know how to make us laugh…what […]
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence, and toughness multiplies toughness… ~Martin Luther King Jr. Once upon a time, way, way, way back before Cheerios and McDonalds, there was no hate in the world. … That […]
Joy must transcend our day-to-day lives. It is a choice. Maybe the most important choice we ever make. The son of a friend of ours was recently killed. Shot down in public. Life cannot get much worse for a parent. Pause for a moment, please. These words are infinitely more than words. They are lifetimes […]
Last week my dear college roommate, Robert S. (aka Bobby), called to check in like he and I have been doing for over 50 years. Why we became roommates, I’ll never know. I was the first hippie at St. Lawrence University in 1965. Hair down to my shoulders, bleach-stained jeans with holes in them, protesting […]
I am not a preacher, a rabbi, a monk or any officially designated spiritual leader. I am a counselor, leadership trainer, writer and ultimately, a teacher—a teacher of the things I believe are most important and too often least addressed. Topics about intimacy, creating inner and outer peace, how to truly listen and accepting how cool […]
Each one of us has the power to influence, even change our world. That is a huge responsibility. It may also be one of our greatest sources of joy. I never read “Harry Potter.” It just wasn’t on my radar back in 2001 when I was 55 years old and in the vortex of my […]
Five deer strolled through our backyard yesterday morning—nothing new, but always a joy to see them nibbling away, watching their ears flicker as they are hyper-ready to bolt should they hear or see anything out of place. Total relaxation never happens as their radar system is always on high alert—just like the rest of the […]
In my lifetime, medical miracles have become the norm. New hearts, new kidneys, lungs, knees. And that doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of our infinite medical blessings. When my dad, of blessed memory, was 78 years old, he finally gave in to getting his right knee replaced. He was an athlete his whole […]
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